Trunk-lid lifter and cup or hasp plate for trunk-locks



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- F. W. MIX. I

TRUNK LID LIFTER AND 0UP 0R HASP PLATE FOR TRUNK LOOKS.

Patented June 28 A iorney v UNITED STATES FRANK W. MIX, or NEW PATENT OFFICE.

BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

TRUNK-LID LIFTER AND CUP-OR HASP PLATE FOR TRUNK-LOCKS.

- entire from one piece of sheet-plate.

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- Cup or Hasp Plates for Trunk-Locks; and I do owed to the front surface of the cupplate.

metal cut into form and raised by cutting and SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 365,533, dated June 28, 1887.

Application filed November 8,1886. SerinlNo.2l8,29'I. (NoinorlcL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK WV. MIX,.of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunk-Lid Lifters and hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to atrunk-lid lifter and cup or hasp plate for trunk-locks.

In a form of trunk-locks that have their locking mechanism inserted in a recess formed in a hinged hasp-plate that has its lower hinged portion made to be rigidly attached to the front of a trunk, a suitable cup-plate is re quired to receive the body of the upwardly swinging hasp-lock and afford a retaining-catch for the lock, this cup-plate being attached to the front board or vertical side of the trunk-lid.

The obj ectof my present invention is to construct a cup-plate for a lock of the description named with a lifting-catch fill the accommodation of the fingers of a person opening the trunk,making this lid-lifter either an integral portion of the recessed cup-plate or forming it in a separate piece to be afterward rigidly se- With this end in view my invention consists in certain features of construction .and combination of parts that will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings making a part of this specification, Figure l is a front elevation of the combined lifter-ledge and cupplate stamped Fig. 2 is a cross'section of the device with the lifter made integral with the cup-plate. Fig. 3 is a face view of the attached'lifter and cup-plate. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the attached lifter and cup-plate. Fig. 5 is a view of the lidlifter and the cup-plate of a lock with the lockbody and its depending hasp-plate locked in secure position on the plate.

A represents the cup-plate, made of sheet forming dies, or this plate A may be cast of any suitable metal, as may be preferred. The design or shape of this plate A may be modi preferred form is shown in the drawings in Figs. 1 and 3. The plate is perforated near its edge with a proper numberof holes for screws or clinch-nails by which to firmly secure it in position on the front board of the lid of a trunk or box. The cup or recess B is made a suitable depth and of such form in its sidewall as will fit properly the lock-body it is to receive, and the back wall thereof is provided centrally with an opening, D, adapted to register with the turn-buckle of thelock that enters this opening, and is made to catch upon the rear face of the cup-plate A by a partial revolution of the key, causing the turn-buckle of sheet-plate that is also a cup-plate, and is shaped by cutting and forming dies ona proper press. The preferred form for this piece, as shownin the figures, is a concavo-convex lip or flange, G, of such length and projection from its supporting-plate A that thefingers of the user may be readily inserted beneath the curved flange O, and the lid raised by the purchase afforded on this appendage to the cup-plate A. The handpull or lifter and cup-plate may also be cast integral; but in some cases it is preferred to cast both the cup-plate and the lifter or hand-pull separate, in order to'facilitate the finishing operations of their manufacture. The cnp-platc and hand-pull when so made are rigidly secured in contact after finishing up to this point by rivets or any other suitable manner to properly attach them together.

I do not desire to restrict myself to any special design in the formation of either the handpull for lifting the lid or the style or shape of the cup or hasp plate of a lock.

i I am aware that it is old to provide a has with guiding and locking lugs and with ahandle for lifting the lid, the lugs adapted to enter sockets in the lock-casing; also, that it is old to provide a sectional rim adapted to .be secured to the trunk body and lid around the lock with a handle, and also that it is old to provide the cup-plate of a hasplock with a ring, the latter being pivoted to the cup-plate and adapted to be turned upwardlyfor lifting the lid after the lock-case hasbeen withdrawn from the cup-plate, and hence I make no claim to such construction.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Asa new article of manufacture, a plate pro vided on its front face with a cup-shaped recess conforming in shape to and adapted to receive the body of a swinging lock, the back wall of said recess having an opening adapted to register with the turn-buckle of the look, the said plate being also provided at a point above said recess with an outwardly-projeeting rigid flange forming a handle or finger-hold 20 for lifting the lid, and provided on its rear face with a projection conforming in shape to the recess in the front face of the plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this 2 specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK \V. MIX.

\Vitnesses:

H. O. Foss, E. L. PRIOR. 

